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we got these laws passed in 2010 and i will tell you why these laws are so important for us. one reason was after years of militancy women were being pushed back in the last decade and a half conlan this was the first come back, the first assertion from the side of women to regain public space or space in the family, that was celebrated throughout the country. the other reason, a long gap of legislation in pakistan, i don't count small laws that modify a little something but the last aggressive legislation package we had was in the mid 50s so it has been a very long time and open up space for women. this law was very important because it opened doors for many other legislations and just because that chemistry, that magical chemistry, it opened doors and we were able to get legislation passed in the last two years so that was a big wake-up for us and looking back, as to how it all started, that was the other part of the story which the book is about. that is my own story. it is an autobiographical case study. i was young and doing my graduate studies in the united states, and
we got these laws passed in 2010 and i will tell you why these laws are so important for us. one reason was after years of militancy women were being pushed back in the last decade and a half conlan this was the first come back, the first assertion from the side of women to regain public space or space in the family, that was celebrated throughout the country. the other reason, a long gap of legislation in pakistan, i don't count small laws that modify a little something but the last aggressive...
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so that is law. in terms of other countries, the research, there are pretty good documentation is about this, which country is somewhat. pretty good, like malaysia has the legislation. in south asia, pakistan has the strongest. they also have amendments. bangladesh has amendments. afghanistan also as amendments. the scandinavian countries also have very strong legislation, and that is working well to. i also make a comment about the steady of all these centuries. usually people divide up into the schools of thought. the remedies that the legislative remedies. one is more focused on the right , like the united nations -- the usa, and the other one is more focused on the behavior. so our legislation falls into the wave year. we don't go after the company's and ask for big amounts through compensation. so there are different kinds of laws. here the big compensations, i have not done a full analysis other has worked. for now companies -- sometimes is companies do a lot of talk of things to be clear that.
so that is law. in terms of other countries, the research, there are pretty good documentation is about this, which country is somewhat. pretty good, like malaysia has the legislation. in south asia, pakistan has the strongest. they also have amendments. bangladesh has amendments. afghanistan also as amendments. the scandinavian countries also have very strong legislation, and that is working well to. i also make a comment about the steady of all these centuries. usually people divide up into...
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the government brought a new stronger anti-rape laws. many believe that little appears to have changed. >> today the u.s. defense secretary dime israel with a promise. the obama administration is committed to preserving and improving the jewish state's military edge in the region, part of that includes the much talked about iron dome missile defense system. kevin conley reports. >> it is an israel designed american funded break through n military technology. all possibly a kind of optical illusion. iron dome is a missile defense system credited by israel with destroying nearly 0% of the rockets fired at it during the last conflict with palestinians in gaza. not everyone is convinced. because the incoming rockets are invisible to the naked eye a handful of skeptics say we might be witnessing the missiles themselves self drurkting without hitting anything. >> i don't know exactly what happened. would like to have an answer. how me your infrared videos. >> israel's enemies get the importance of the system. this internet video claiming respo
the government brought a new stronger anti-rape laws. many believe that little appears to have changed. >> today the u.s. defense secretary dime israel with a promise. the obama administration is committed to preserving and improving the jewish state's military edge in the region, part of that includes the much talked about iron dome missile defense system. kevin conley reports. >> it is an israel designed american funded break through n military technology. all possibly a kind of...
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the law is being followed. we are just following the law. we have a procedure that has to do an eis. the eis was improperly contacted up. the eis was done. and we have a public reporting period. that public reporting period is going on right now. then after the public reporting period there's an option. it's all under the law. to perhaps get more information is there some reason the public comment required it, there's a determination of public interest and then ultimately it will come to me. but it's not right, it's not there and i am staying as far away from as i can them so that when the appropriate time comes to me, i'm not getting the information from anyplace i shouldn't be and getting engaged in a debate at a time that i shouldn't be. but we are following the legal procedure that is required. i assure you. secondly, regarding lng and so forth, look, i spent a lot of time on energy and climate and so forth when i was in the senate, and i would love to see the western hemisphere be energy independent. it's not a dream. it is conceivable
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the paper was written -- after graduation from law school in 2008 and working two years in a law firm, logan returned to yale law school in 2010 as a scholar and began turning the paper into the book that we feature tonight. appropriate laid we have the professor with those to comment on the book. professor is a highly distinguished member of the yale law school factoid. is the author of numerous books, monographs and articles, and several of his books have been featured in previous book club series sponsored by our library. according to a recently published study by my colleague, fred sugar, professor eskridge is one of the most cited legal scholars in the known universe. just one or two of these have been cited more than her fetzer eskridge but that was a mistake. last but surely not least, he's a dynamic and innovative teacher and a wonderful mentor to young scholars like logan. without further ado i will turn it over to logan. >> thank you very much. i'd like to add that the professor is particularly fitting for this talk because he's a descendent of george eskridge who is the god
the paper was written -- after graduation from law school in 2008 and working two years in a law firm, logan returned to yale law school in 2010 as a scholar and began turning the paper into the book that we feature tonight. appropriate laid we have the professor with those to comment on the book. professor is a highly distinguished member of the yale law school factoid. is the author of numerous books, monographs and articles, and several of his books have been featured in previous book club...
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court used to make the law, to shape the law, to define the law of capital punishment. when we agreed on that we said that's it. then the publisher changed it to legal crimes, lethal crimes and landmark cases. but the fact that we agreed on -- >> guest: which we have to agree was an improvement. [laughter] >> guest: i don't know. i think it works. >> guest: coming up with that team, the unifying theme was the hardest part. we made several false starts over the years. >> guest: the concern was there was another book called murder in the supreme court. that is a novel about a murder at the supreme court. we were concerned about that. you know, we weren't going to let that get in our way. this is "murder at the supreme court" at is how the supreme court used murder in the punishment that is appropriate for it. but i think it is a good time and it does capture what the book is all about. these are all legal crimes and what the court said about him, or just landmark decisions. >> host: i think what's neat about the time and the way the book is done, the barcode and where the
court used to make the law, to shape the law, to define the law of capital punishment. when we agreed on that we said that's it. then the publisher changed it to legal crimes, lethal crimes and landmark cases. but the fact that we agreed on -- >> guest: which we have to agree was an improvement. [laughter] >> guest: i don't know. i think it works. >> guest: coming up with that team, the unifying theme was the hardest part. we made several false starts over the years. >>...
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. >> i will abide by the highest standard that the law and the science asks me to do, and we'll be having good conversations to make sure that you hold me to that. >> that's a good. i mentioned the brick company making those items that make american homes better and better. in 2005, henry brick spent 1.5 million on dry line that remove pollutants. i'm told that will remove 90% of the pollutants. other brick company spent 100 million so far. but then an event occurred. sierra club filed a lawsuit, as many environmental groups do, challenging the epa rule. and a 2007 after the initiate come in to comply with epa's rules, according -- a court invalidated that. the epa, their office on your leadership entered a settlement agreement with sierra club establishing a much more ambitious schedule for finalizing new and more stringent brick macworld. so onto the proposed consent, epa must propose a new rule of august of this year and finalize it by july of 2014, is that correct? >> that is the current settlement schedule i believe, but i can get back to you. my memory may not be exact on that. >> s
. >> i will abide by the highest standard that the law and the science asks me to do, and we'll be having good conversations to make sure that you hold me to that. >> that's a good. i mentioned the brick company making those items that make american homes better and better. in 2005, henry brick spent 1.5 million on dry line that remove pollutants. i'm told that will remove 90% of the pollutants. other brick company spent 100 million so far. but then an event occurred. sierra club...
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those two laws alone, state laws, not including local ordinances put roughly two-thirds of the states of massachusetts acreage off-limits depredation by the white tailed years major predator. i've thought about calling my book, what do want. i say in my talks, this is what they want. the biggest predator of whitetails in a lot of places in the east is some, you know, our cars. in so we have created this mess. it started with all sorts of good intentions. we've brought these creatures back from near extinction in some cases demand we now have a situation where we don't know how to deal with them. so what w do is fight amongst each other over what to do, if anything. i say we divided up into species some people want to save year. some people want to kill the year. some want to save keys. some people want to get rid of them. some people want to save birds from carol katz sensible want to say perrot cats from sheltered deaths and so on. and, anyway, that is so i got to this book. [laughter] [applause] >> we're going to open up pretty soon for questions. you might think of questions you wo
those two laws alone, state laws, not including local ordinances put roughly two-thirds of the states of massachusetts acreage off-limits depredation by the white tailed years major predator. i've thought about calling my book, what do want. i say in my talks, this is what they want. the biggest predator of whitetails in a lot of places in the east is some, you know, our cars. in so we have created this mess. it started with all sorts of good intentions. we've brought these creatures back from...
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after the war don graduated from washburn law school in 1952 and moved to hugoton to practice law. it didn't take long to get involved in his new community because one be month after his arrival he was elected stevens count attorney and served the count for a number of years in that role. that same year don married patricia june davis and spent the next 49 years by her side before her passing in 2001. don later remarried his wife of the past ten years, sharon collins. as a young man, don became interested in politics and at the age of 32 don was elected chairman of the kansas republican federation. the following year don served as chairman of the kansas presidential electors for the election between john f. kennedy and richard nixon. from 1968 to 1970 don served as the chair of the kansas republican party. his zeal for politics kept him involved for many years chairing committees in support of his favorite candidates. he put his name on the ballot one year for governor but fell short by 530 votes in a primary. as a long time kansas resident, don was well known and respected by many
after the war don graduated from washburn law school in 1952 and moved to hugoton to practice law. it didn't take long to get involved in his new community because one be month after his arrival he was elected stevens count attorney and served the count for a number of years in that role. that same year don married patricia june davis and spent the next 49 years by her side before her passing in 2001. don later remarried his wife of the past ten years, sharon collins. as a young man, don became...
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lawful under war no problem. or should we call their murder, extra judicial kills as many human right have asserted. don't have a bases anymore. i worry about the precedence we're setting for other less scrupulous states such as russia, china, and et cetera. all of this i can talk about in more detail during the question period. i think what it comes down to, senators, is that right now we have executive branch making a claim it has the right to kill anyone, anywhere on earth, at any time, for secret reasons based on secret evidence in a secret process undertaken by unidentified officials. that frightens me. i don't doubt their good faith but that's not the rule of law also we know it in my statement submitted for the record i do suggest a number of reforms that might improve our ability to ensure oversight and accountability. i don't have time to discuss them out in but i hope we will address those issues later, and i'll leave you with this final thought for now. which is that i believe that it is absolutely pos
lawful under war no problem. or should we call their murder, extra judicial kills as many human right have asserted. don't have a bases anymore. i worry about the precedence we're setting for other less scrupulous states such as russia, china, and et cetera. all of this i can talk about in more detail during the question period. i think what it comes down to, senators, is that right now we have executive branch making a claim it has the right to kill anyone, anywhere on earth, at any time, for...
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officials as well as local law enforcement were finally able to arrest and take into custody nineteen year old just outside nine of the second suspect in the boston bombings case of course on monday afternoon two bombs went off seconds apart from each other at the finishing line of the boston marathon and this entire week there has been a manhunt after the two brothers that were seen as suspects in this case now this friday night officials were able to find the younger brother who was in hiding in a dry docked boat in the town of watertown just minutes away from boston a local had informed officials that he had seen a man covered in blood and they were able to through a helicopter that had that had heat signature technologies to be able to track down the young man even though he was covered up in the boat standoff between him and the police lasted for several hours and eventually they were able to arrest him and take into custody we do know that he is in serious medical condition and has been taken to a hospital in boston now to talk a little bit more about the identities of the two b
officials as well as local law enforcement were finally able to arrest and take into custody nineteen year old just outside nine of the second suspect in the boston bombings case of course on monday afternoon two bombs went off seconds apart from each other at the finishing line of the boston marathon and this entire week there has been a manhunt after the two brothers that were seen as suspects in this case now this friday night officials were able to find the younger brother who was in hiding...
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the racial texture of slavery, the laws of economic 100 percent economic. actually came in quite a bit different. that did not really address your question. >> if i could interrupt you. time for one more question. [inaudible question] >> each of you take that one quick. >> i am currently working on a book. so this discussion of not using hindsight to think about things, one thing i have been interested in a long time is all of the attempts that the united states made to acquire territory failed . moments when americans decided not to acquire territory immobile what i want to do is write a book the looks of manifest destiny or american territorial expansion from the perspective of what did not happen to try to destabilize his narrative whereby we think of what u.s. boundaries are. is natural a lot of people thought the united states is going to take all essential america and canada and the mexican war made them think that. that to the workout. this is what my next project does. >> i am writing biography. california's favorite sun. >> go back to where i start
the racial texture of slavery, the laws of economic 100 percent economic. actually came in quite a bit different. that did not really address your question. >> if i could interrupt you. time for one more question. [inaudible question] >> each of you take that one quick. >> i am currently working on a book. so this discussion of not using hindsight to think about things, one thing i have been interested in a long time is all of the attempts that the united states made to...
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of course, that doesn't help an ngo if it runs afoul of laws on foreign money. i think the main thing would be what does the organization itself want? the democracy and human rights activist in egypt was company on this a year or two back and said, ask of the organization. it's probably the best judge of its own risks and what it needs. so that's all i can suggest on that. >> i'm with the investigative project on terrorism to our organization tracks domestic islamists that are filled with the rugged such as the council -- islamic society of north america and we've been able to see if there's been a close correlation between these groups and lobbying the obama administration. it come out and support the brotherhood in egypt and elsewhere in the middle east. do you think that they are having an impact on how the administration deals with indigenous christians in the muslim world? >> quick canvass. we would have no idea on, you know, what are the dynamics, just observe the phenomenon, the current administration, with the bush administration as far as are doing with
of course, that doesn't help an ngo if it runs afoul of laws on foreign money. i think the main thing would be what does the organization itself want? the democracy and human rights activist in egypt was company on this a year or two back and said, ask of the organization. it's probably the best judge of its own risks and what it needs. so that's all i can suggest on that. >> i'm with the investigative project on terrorism to our organization tracks domestic islamists that are filled with...
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and let's be clear that law enforcement officials take an oath of office to uphold federal law, and they're going to continue to pursue drug traffickers and drug dealers and transnational criminal organizations, all of which weaken our communities, and they pose very serious threats to our nation. and too often discussions about marijuana, though, dwell on this issue of legalization and whether making the drug more widely and easily available -- which it would be when it becomes legal in those areas as it is now -- would make the problem go away with it was all legal. including enforcement of existing laws is a matter for the department of justice. the department of justice enforcement of the controlled substances act, the federal law remained up changed. we shouldn't lose site of the -- lose sight of the fundamental fact though. the most responsible public policy is one that restricts its availability and discourages its use. and i recognize that the marriage debate has taken up quite a bit of media space, but i want to turn to something that affects most americans, and the subject that th
and let's be clear that law enforcement officials take an oath of office to uphold federal law, and they're going to continue to pursue drug traffickers and drug dealers and transnational criminal organizations, all of which weaken our communities, and they pose very serious threats to our nation. and too often discussions about marijuana, though, dwell on this issue of legalization and whether making the drug more widely and easily available -- which it would be when it becomes legal in those...
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if you think unilaterally the dictator for a day passed one law, what would you do? that's definitely a major flaw in the republican thinking. they assume we're going to be dictator for one day and limit government by doing that. in fact we're dictators for life and government gets bigger. to get to the spirit of your question, i think if we could reverse or somewhat change the relationship between the federal government and the states, i think that is the most lasting thing to serve to limit government. the vision of competing multiple jurisdiction of preventing consolidation of power is valid and valid in this century as well. the senates go hat and hand in washington asking for federal money. >> hi, spencer with the "daily caller" you reference the mythical permanent majority of the republican party. of course they disappeared. now we see a vision the establishment fading way. tea party segment is rising. do you think that is a permanent influence on the modern republican party now? if so give that is a grassroots movement is there anything your book you address i
if you think unilaterally the dictator for a day passed one law, what would you do? that's definitely a major flaw in the republican thinking. they assume we're going to be dictator for one day and limit government by doing that. in fact we're dictators for life and government gets bigger. to get to the spirit of your question, i think if we could reverse or somewhat change the relationship between the federal government and the states, i think that is the most lasting thing to serve to limit...
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guy who chaired the committee, under secretary norman went in and froze the the 1981 bill that became law, that the reagan tax cut we are talking about earlier so it was a practical handle. the neat thing that you recount again five years later it didn't make a difference. four or five years later by 1984 there were 40 other organizations doing knockoffs of what the mandate for leadership had been. >> when i interviewed the president of other think tanks in washington d.c. brookings and c s i s and kato, i said what difference has the heritage approach to research made? all the difference in the world. the brookings president said we now do what heritage first started so heritage really, and i say that in the book, change the think tank culture of washington d.c.. >> one of the neatest things that i can say among all of you, 25, 30 years ago when phil and i were just getting our feet wet at heritage there weren't 600 people in the united states who knew what a think tank was. 600,000 people have voluntarily supported us. that is incredible. incredible impact. >> glad you mentioned that be
guy who chaired the committee, under secretary norman went in and froze the the 1981 bill that became law, that the reagan tax cut we are talking about earlier so it was a practical handle. the neat thing that you recount again five years later it didn't make a difference. four or five years later by 1984 there were 40 other organizations doing knockoffs of what the mandate for leadership had been. >> when i interviewed the president of other think tanks in washington d.c. brookings and c...
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law. that's what it comes down to. and why is it important? it's important because businesses in our states, small businesses are competing with internet retailers who get an automatic discount when they don't collect sales tax. and i listened to the explanation given by one of my friends from oregon here, and he said that i'm defying the natural forces of the free-market system where good-quality goods are chosen over lower-quality goods. well, i can't argue about the pine trees that are grown in oregon, because i don't know if they are better than the pine trees grown in washington or some other place. but we are dealing in many instances here with identical goods. the nike running shoes that you can buy at chris cooze sporting goods in normal, illinois, or buy over the internet with no sales tax. it isn't a question of good quality versus bad quality. it is a question of sales tax or no sales tax. what the oregonians suggested to us is what they consider to be a perfect solution. remove
law. that's what it comes down to. and why is it important? it's important because businesses in our states, small businesses are competing with internet retailers who get an automatic discount when they don't collect sales tax. and i listened to the explanation given by one of my friends from oregon here, and he said that i'm defying the natural forces of the free-market system where good-quality goods are chosen over lower-quality goods. well, i can't argue about the pine trees that are grown...
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it's the president's law firm. they have a responsibility to push back against unreasonable institution pressures. they are not anywhere in the government. the task force recommends that it should periodically review the confidential opinions if they may be declassified and released. if the opinions might somehow be disclosed would be more mindful of their responsibilities to act in in partial matter or less likely to engage an advocacy. we are available to answer those questions. on the issue of the obama administration during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration treatment of detainees and the candidate obama promised to close guantanamo and reject torture without exception or equivocation pitting it he also criticized previous administrations for the executives included repeated invocation of the state secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of court and promised to lead a new era of openness. the administration has fulfilled some of the promises and conspicuously failed
it's the president's law firm. they have a responsibility to push back against unreasonable institution pressures. they are not anywhere in the government. the task force recommends that it should periodically review the confidential opinions if they may be declassified and released. if the opinions might somehow be disclosed would be more mindful of their responsibilities to act in in partial matter or less likely to engage an advocacy. we are available to answer those questions. on the issue...
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one came from massachusetts, from harvard and yale law school. so was an odd mix. one was a politician, businessman, double dealer, self-promoter, who became the first superintendent of yellowstone national park. the sent one, whose father had followed the gold rush, was a soldier, a humble cavalry lieutenant who is also a self-taught scientist, brilliant man, phenomenal writer, who wrote the first great account of the exploration of yellow stone in 1870 that was haled at the time by the leading scientist office the day as the greates writings sip lewis and clark, and the third was the harvard and yale law school bookish hype ocon dry yack scholar, who became like men in the west, driven by fear, for a of the others he walked from independence, iowa to the montana gold rush. acted the politician and future superintendent, and like a lot of white men who settled there, he became an exterminationist. i think about the conversation in the earlier panel about the problem for historians out presentism. how you impose the moral assumptions and values of the present on th
one came from massachusetts, from harvard and yale law school. so was an odd mix. one was a politician, businessman, double dealer, self-promoter, who became the first superintendent of yellowstone national park. the sent one, whose father had followed the gold rush, was a soldier, a humble cavalry lieutenant who is also a self-taught scientist, brilliant man, phenomenal writer, who wrote the first great account of the exploration of yellow stone in 1870 that was haled at the time by the...
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i mean, the lockdown turned boston into almost a state of martial law. in the public garden we saw the swan boats were just sitting there. they were floating in the lagoon. nobody was there. they've been a boston tradition for over 130 years. in the boston common there were more s.w.a.t. teams than people. usually, that's a place where workers and runners go by the thousands. the freedom trail, which is the red brick line that takes tourists and school children to all the historic sites in this city, connected to the american revolution, no one was walking the freedom trail. it was a very unusual day. and yet, even though people were inconvenienced, even though they were told to stay in their homes, people i talked to, brian, as the lockdown went on, they all said one thing, they didn't want the suspect to be killed when he was captured. they wanted him to be taken alive because more than anything they want answers as to why those two men did what they did to the city of boston, to the boston marathon, and to this country because people don't understand
i mean, the lockdown turned boston into almost a state of martial law. in the public garden we saw the swan boats were just sitting there. they were floating in the lagoon. nobody was there. they've been a boston tradition for over 130 years. in the boston common there were more s.w.a.t. teams than people. usually, that's a place where workers and runners go by the thousands. the freedom trail, which is the red brick line that takes tourists and school children to all the historic sites in this...
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law. you can't take it to criminal court, but to the table to negotiate with those who tell you we're the only people, we, the jewish people, with rights in this land. these cold, hard realities of how u.s. policy grievancely harms palestinians are screened from the u.s. public. we bombarded, especially on television, instead, with dishonest rhetoric what is described as progress in a so-called peace process which extensively consistented of negotiations between near equals under the impartial gays of an honest american broker, all supposedly intended to create an independent palestinian state. i'm arguing that this is not what is actually happening. this is not what has happened for 35 years. what has happened is the continuation and the intensification and the reenforcement of the dispersal of the organization and colonization of the pal stippian people and their homeland. the united states, in fact, has never really operated as an honest broker between the palestinians and israel. i nev
law. you can't take it to criminal court, but to the table to negotiate with those who tell you we're the only people, we, the jewish people, with rights in this land. these cold, hard realities of how u.s. policy grievancely harms palestinians are screened from the u.s. public. we bombarded, especially on television, instead, with dishonest rhetoric what is described as progress in a so-called peace process which extensively consistented of negotiations between near equals under the impartial...
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, law schools. over 5,200 lawyers. now volunteering their time to provide legal representation. as you point out, we have had clients as young as two years old. and a child who is two years old who does not have a lawyer and is not have a parent is basically defenseless when it comes to an incredibly important legal proceeding. and the bill before you does some very important focused things to help address this, as you pointed out. mandates the attorney-general said there can be legal counsel appointed. irresponsibility the work on this which makes perfect sense given that responsibility when need to continue to recruit more volunteer lawyers and are committed to doing that. at the passage of this bill will help. >> thank you. this is not so much a question of the statement that you are not alone. i have heard many stories from my constituents that our immigration system is tearing their families apart. recently heard from one of my constituents who i will call mark. he works for a fortune 500 compa
, law schools. over 5,200 lawyers. now volunteering their time to provide legal representation. as you point out, we have had clients as young as two years old. and a child who is two years old who does not have a lawyer and is not have a parent is basically defenseless when it comes to an incredibly important legal proceeding. and the bill before you does some very important focused things to help address this, as you pointed out. mandates the attorney-general said there can be legal counsel...
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it all ended tonight as one law enforcement official put it with a whimper. inside a boat in a trailer in a backyard in watertown, massachusetts. then it ended with a genuine cheer. all those first responders, cops, firemen as they exited town. the town that was terrorized by a gun battle in the streets last night. they were all cheered. and they had a chance to shine. bask in the glow of joyful citizens who were just thankful, they came in, they rode in to save the day. kate snow was there amid all of it tonight. and she is joining us tonight to start it all off. kate, good evening. >> good evening to you, brian. let's remember what this week has been like. a week that seemed like it would just never end in boston. on monday you had the devastating bombings at the marathon. a couple of days later last night, the fbi holds a press conference showing video and pictures of two key suspects and asking the public for help. the first sign of a major development in the manhunt came about 10:00 p.m. eastern time thursday, about five hours after the fbi news conferen
it all ended tonight as one law enforcement official put it with a whimper. inside a boat in a trailer in a backyard in watertown, massachusetts. then it ended with a genuine cheer. all those first responders, cops, firemen as they exited town. the town that was terrorized by a gun battle in the streets last night. they were all cheered. and they had a chance to shine. bask in the glow of joyful citizens who were just thankful, they came in, they rode in to save the day. kate snow was there...
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are presumptively lawful. so there is no doubt, at least in scalia's mind that a background check is consistent with the second amendment. the gun lobby also argues that background checks are ineffective. you've heard this argument, haven't you? pass all the laws you want and all the law-abiding citizens will live by them but the criminals won't. here's what they fail to note. nearly two million prohibited purchasers have been blocked from buying a gun since background checks went into effect. they were so stupid, so careless, they tried to buy a gun anyway. they were stopped. the argument, of course, then goes why are there so many gun crimes committed? well, because they get guns through other means which is pore of the bill. straw purchasers, for example, through the ads in the newspaper that i mentioned earlier. and the argument that unless a law is airtight and will stop all gun violence, we shouldn't pass it; are we going to use that standard for speeding on highways? are we going to use that standard fo
are presumptively lawful. so there is no doubt, at least in scalia's mind that a background check is consistent with the second amendment. the gun lobby also argues that background checks are ineffective. you've heard this argument, haven't you? pass all the laws you want and all the law-abiding citizens will live by them but the criminals won't. here's what they fail to note. nearly two million prohibited purchasers have been blocked from buying a gun since background checks went into effect....
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his background is in the law and, actually, he began his background in law at his family's kitchen table. his father, rex lee, was a law school dean, assistant u.s. attorney general and solicitor general for ronald reagan. senator lee is a graduate of brigham young university and byu law school, was a law clerk for judge dean benson of the u.s. district court of the district of utah and then judge sam alito's clerk when he was at the u.s. court of appeals for the 3rd circuit. he served as an attorney -- assistant u.s. attorney general in utah and general counsel to the governor of utah before turning to private practice. and then in 2010, that important election year, he decided to run united yorking out an -- knocking out an incumbent u.s. senator and a party-endorsed candidate to become the primary candidate and win the general election. senator lee is now on the judiciary committee, serves as ranking member of the antitrust competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee. he also sevens on the armed service -- serves on the armed services committee and the joint economic committee
his background is in the law and, actually, he began his background in law at his family's kitchen table. his father, rex lee, was a law school dean, assistant u.s. attorney general and solicitor general for ronald reagan. senator lee is a graduate of brigham young university and byu law school, was a law clerk for judge dean benson of the u.s. district court of the district of utah and then judge sam alito's clerk when he was at the u.s. court of appeals for the 3rd circuit. he served as an...
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and by law they have to keep the record. and by law, they cannot use that as a registration. cannot by law, even in our bill we even make sure that you cannot use any type of information for registration. and we said if you try to do it, if your government agency or a person that works for a government and you use any of these records, it's a felony with 15 years of imprisonment. that's how much this bill protects my rights as a law-abiding gun owner. we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every gun sold at a gun show. we've talked about this before. the law today says that if i go to a gun show and i go and there's a dealer, a licensed dealer, that dealer still has to do a background check on me and keep the proper report. but i could go to a table over or go outside in the parking lot, and nothing is required of me. nothing. and all we're doing is taking current law and making it uniform so everybody plays by the same set of rules. we think it helps tremendously. we talk about the criminals and people who have been adjudicated t
and by law they have to keep the record. and by law, they cannot use that as a registration. cannot by law, even in our bill we even make sure that you cannot use any type of information for registration. and we said if you try to do it, if your government agency or a person that works for a government and you use any of these records, it's a felony with 15 years of imprisonment. that's how much this bill protects my rights as a law-abiding gun owner. we think it's reasonable to provide...
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this law will work. since we started administering instant background checks, more than 1.7 million felons, fugitives, domestic abusers and people with serious mental illnesses have been denied access to firearms. and that's under the system that exists today, with all of its loopholes and all of its flaws. and we've seen that women are less likely to be killed by an intimate partner in states that have expanded their own background check systems. and, look, about 90% of americans want us to pass this measure. 90%. this is not a republican idea. this is not a democratic idea. it's just a good idea. i think it would be a remarkable failure of our democracy if we can't get this done. and if we can't, i'm afraid it's because we've relied on fears and falsehoods instead of on facts. for instance, some have argued that an expanded background check system will result in a federal gun registry. but federal gun registries are banned under existing law, and the legislation that we are considering would not repeal
this law will work. since we started administering instant background checks, more than 1.7 million felons, fugitives, domestic abusers and people with serious mental illnesses have been denied access to firearms. and that's under the system that exists today, with all of its loopholes and all of its flaws. and we've seen that women are less likely to be killed by an intimate partner in states that have expanded their own background check systems. and, look, about 90% of americans want us to...
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law-ag citizens. we have seen the newtown parents here in washington bravely telling their stories. they deserve better than this body turning their backs on them. the families of aurora deserve better than this body turning their backs on them. the families of more than 30 people who die every single day at the hands of gun violence deserve more from this body. my friends, it is simply time to act. today is the day for this body to show the american people that their voices matter. that when 90% of americans demand us to expand background checks, that we can deliver. we should be able to agree today that we no longer need military-style weapons and ammunition clips on our streets. and we should be able to agree today that it's time to crack down on the illegal handguns being trafficked in our streets into the hands of criminals. four years ago, i met the parents of naisha pryor yard. naisha was a beautiful 17-year-old honor student killed in the prime of her life by an illegal handgun when she was ju
law-ag citizens. we have seen the newtown parents here in washington bravely telling their stories. they deserve better than this body turning their backs on them. the families of aurora deserve better than this body turning their backs on them. the families of more than 30 people who die every single day at the hands of gun violence deserve more from this body. my friends, it is simply time to act. today is the day for this body to show the american people that their voices matter. that when...
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this includes the lives of lawful gun owners, the lived of law enforcement and the lives of ctheic violence. state or local governments that release private gun owner information will be penalized 5% of their federal program funding. this includes the release of private information on individuals 0 who have licenses to purchase or who possess or who carry firearms. the funding that's withheld will then be redistributed to the states that are in compliance. this amendment will ensure that gun owners across the nation do not have their private gun owner information publicly released. thank you, mr. president. and i urge all my colleagues to support the amendment. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: this is a case of washington being big brother and telling each one of the states whether it's wyoming, vermont, or connecticut here's what you have to do. we have no idea how it's going to affect them, we do know it's going to cut off a lot of money to law enforcement because it's telling states even though states, legislators have gone out for the
this includes the lives of lawful gun owners, the lived of law enforcement and the lives of ctheic violence. state or local governments that release private gun owner information will be penalized 5% of their federal program funding. this includes the release of private information on individuals 0 who have licenses to purchase or who possess or who carry firearms. the funding that's withheld will then be redistributed to the states that are in compliance. this amendment will ensure that gun...
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law enforcement. the fbi worked with the canadian law enforcement. i refer you to them for more details on this, but this successful cooperation illustrated the close relationship we have with canada on so many important issues like foreign affairs, trade, emergency preparedness, and security. it was a welcomed announcement by the canadian government. yes? >> the president back in syria, chemical weapons, a red line that would trigger unspecified u.s. action. was the administration made aware in advance they would lay down accusations today and go public with them? if it's true, what were the consequences be, and could that -- >> i'm not going to speculate about consequences. what i'll say is that the president made clear that the use of or transmission of chemical weapons including transition to nonstate actors would be unacceptable in the president's view, unacceptable to the united states. we have made clear we made clear about reports of chemical weapons made by, in syria, it's also important to note that the use of chemical weapons is difficult
law enforcement. the fbi worked with the canadian law enforcement. i refer you to them for more details on this, but this successful cooperation illustrated the close relationship we have with canada on so many important issues like foreign affairs, trade, emergency preparedness, and security. it was a welcomed announcement by the canadian government. yes? >> the president back in syria, chemical weapons, a red line that would trigger unspecified u.s. action. was the administration made...
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it all ended tonight as one law enforcement official put it, with a whimper. inside a boat in a trailer in a back yard in watertown, massachusetts. and then it ended with a genuine cheer. all those first responders, cops, firemen, as they exited town, the town that was terrorized by a gun battle in the streets last night, they were all cheered, and they had a chance to shine, bask in the glow of joyful citizens who were just thankful they came in, they rode in to save the day. kate snow was there amid all of it tonight, and she is joining us tonight to start it all off. kate, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. let's remember what this week has been like, a week that seemed like it would just never end here in boston. on monday of course you had the devastating bombings at the marathon. a couple of days later, last night the fbi holds a press conference showing video and pictures of two key suspects and asking the public for help. the first sign of a major development in the manhunt came about 10:00 p.m. eastern time thursday. about five hou
it all ended tonight as one law enforcement official put it, with a whimper. inside a boat in a trailer in a back yard in watertown, massachusetts. and then it ended with a genuine cheer. all those first responders, cops, firemen, as they exited town, the town that was terrorized by a gun battle in the streets last night, they were all cheered, and they had a chance to shine, bask in the glow of joyful citizens who were just thankful they came in, they rode in to save the day. kate snow was...
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the postal service is, a law-abiding arm of the federal government. congress passed the law. we reviewed it. we complied with it and informed customers which we did last week. our customers require certainty especially as something as fundamental as our delivery schedule. and so, we announced that we would delay implementation of our new schedule until we gained legislation giving us the ability to move forward, mr. chairman, we need the flexibility under the law to implement our new delivery schedule. we need the ability to develop, and price products quickly. the ability to control our health care and retirement costs. the ability to switch to a defined contribution retirement system for newly hired employees. the ability to quickly realign our mail processing and delivery and retail networks. we need a more streamlined governance model. we kneeled more flexibility in the way we leverage our workers to. contrary to arguments we hear from some parties it is not enough to merely res prefundingf retire health we can implement the five-year business plan. close, i'm sorry the $
the postal service is, a law-abiding arm of the federal government. congress passed the law. we reviewed it. we complied with it and informed customers which we did last week. our customers require certainty especially as something as fundamental as our delivery schedule. and so, we announced that we would delay implementation of our new schedule until we gained legislation giving us the ability to move forward, mr. chairman, we need the flexibility under the law to implement our new delivery...
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so they're going want a public defender that goes gets the law. that does the bidding. that's a real challenge. and in nawrn for a long time the system was also that one public derchesd assigned to one courtroom and the same judge. they were always arguing before the same judge. ..
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is a necessary change in our laws to combat the war on terror. >> the capabilities it needed to detect and deter terrorism inside our borders. >> important tools used to investigate and prevent terrorist attacks. >> the president has a responsibility to use every legal means available to him to get intelligence that he can use to protect american lives. >> jon: i thought that was the whole point. but i guess terror is different. terrorism has been a much greater threat to american safety over all these years. >> in the last 30 years there have been 30,000 to 40,000 gun deaths in the united states per per year. since 19 be 70 there have been 3400 terror fatalities. >> jon: holy. well, thank god for chris hayes because i'm not good at math. i'm so stupid i still think 54 votes is more than 46. i'm an idiot. but i'm pretty sure that a million is more than 3400. and yet to battle the evil of terror, we started two wars, tortured people, reorganized almost the entire federal government, disallowed the air trafficking of sha52 and sham pd conditioner, and okay'd the robot sky killing of amer
is a necessary change in our laws to combat the war on terror. >> the capabilities it needed to detect and deter terrorism inside our borders. >> important tools used to investigate and prevent terrorist attacks. >> the president has a responsibility to use every legal means available to him to get intelligence that he can use to protect american lives. >> jon: i thought that was the whole point. but i guess terror is different. terrorism has been a much greater threat...
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liver, livelihood, lover and law. within those l's is when somebody shows up in my door, someone suffering, a family member suffering who brings somebody in. when it company ms to treat we know there is different types of treatment, there is evidence base treatment. there is good evidence for it, we do it. there is evidence free treatment, there is no evidence whatsoever and there is evidence proof treatment. one of those evidence proof treatment is incarceration treatment. there was an office inspection in general report and eventually matt case became supervisor for it. i have been involved in other places. treatment in custody doesn't work. flash incarceration does not work. as far as the treatment that do work for alcoholism, alcoholism is a chronic disease like diabetes. hypertension and emphysema. when we look at outcomes for chronic disease, a landmark study for the journal medical association in 1999, showed that results for treatments were no worse or better than any other chronic disease model. so treatment
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finding out -- that law enforcement is poring over as we speak. what officials are trying to get from the public, that's next. for those nights when it's more than a bad dream, be ready. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin. then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. >>> one of the first things the investigators said to the public, we need your help. anyone who has information along the posten marathon route and elsewhere, send us whatever information you have. no piece of information or detail is too small. >> we would like to review any kind of media that you have out there. that might give us additional leads. >> the person who did this, as for anyone who may have heard someone speak about the marathon or the date of april 15th in any way that indicated that he or she may target
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some of these laws on the books a little archaic, and i will give you an example. we now have live entertainment in san francisco, which allows amplified music until 10:00 p.m. if the conditions has no entertainment, and the entertainment, it also includes this limited live provision. we have determined in the city that this legislation is good -- good legislation. there's no conditional use requirement to have this. a lot of people today want to have food, drink, and be able to have some music. how can we get the limited live entertainment excluded from the know amplified or no live entertainment excluded on the transfers? >> that is going to mostly driven locally. most of the conditions you'll ever see on an abc license are because we rely, to a great extent, on the police department and local officials to determine what is best for their communities. i'm not trying to pin this on you guys or blame you guys, but we do try to work with you. we do not tend to want to overrule the police department very often. now that said, i get a fair number of petitions and appe
some of these laws on the books a little archaic, and i will give you an example. we now have live entertainment in san francisco, which allows amplified music until 10:00 p.m. if the conditions has no entertainment, and the entertainment, it also includes this limited live provision. we have determined in the city that this legislation is good -- good legislation. there's no conditional use requirement to have this. a lot of people today want to have food, drink, and be able to have some...
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not enough internet law. not enough computer law. relatively new stuff. we need laws that deal with this stuff. >> andrea: we have law once the book that deal with it a lot of people say it's too harsh. in this country you could go to jail for 20 or 30 years. people from anonymous getting put away for a decade or so. the problem is not the severity of the sentence. it's catching these guys. they are in foreign countries. have trouble tracking them down. also have a problem we have a shortage of people in this country with the skills to try and find them and locate them and track them down. plus, there is a lot of people that say well, they drove that aaron schwartz to suicide and there is a lot of excuses being made as well. >> greg: you could tell the a.p. site was hacked because it was a story that was negative about the white house. [ laughter ] i disagree with everybody here. i don't think this guy should be punished. he should be given a six figure job in the united states. because he taught us a lesson without getting anybody killed. we have to stop
not enough internet law. not enough computer law. relatively new stuff. we need laws that deal with this stuff. >> andrea: we have law once the book that deal with it a lot of people say it's too harsh. in this country you could go to jail for 20 or 30 years. people from anonymous getting put away for a decade or so. the problem is not the severity of the sentence. it's catching these guys. they are in foreign countries. have trouble tracking them down. also have a problem we have a...
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helped with all of the major laws relating to home land. michael, your reactions? >> what you sees the marathon is the hardest thing to protect. 26 miles lots and lots of people. there's no points to be able to see who is coming in with what, what they are carrying. it is one of the things we worried about the most these big public events in an uncontrolled environment. >> even though you have the cameras to see someone is dropping a bag, someone saying what's going on at 34th and 5th. by the time you react might not be enough time to stop it. >> you don't know what's going on afterwards unless you have data base which is really good facial recognition. if you could pick out somebody in a crowd maybe intercement them, the chances of that happening are very, very hard because you have to match it against the known data base. that is very hard to construct. >> they said between 10-15 different terror attacks have been stopped. some are comparing this to the times square bomber? how does it remind you have that? >> same thing as an opportunity event. it was a wonderfu
helped with all of the major laws relating to home land. michael, your reactions? >> what you sees the marathon is the hardest thing to protect. 26 miles lots and lots of people. there's no points to be able to see who is coming in with what, what they are carrying. it is one of the things we worried about the most these big public events in an uncontrolled environment. >> even though you have the cameras to see someone is dropping a bag, someone saying what's going on at 34th and...
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neil: they have broken that law a lot. a lot. >> and they do it under national security justification in a way, think about last couple weeks everyone says that second amendment is something we should take so seriously, and we should not allow a little bit of encroach am there because we're very protective, rightly so of that amendment. let's be as protective about feuerth amendment and realize when they are you know asking to us live according to a code of if you have nothing to fear, if you don't do anything wrong you have nothing to fear there is something un-american about that notion. neil: your point is that there is not a deliberate attempt on the part of the government to go after you, but i think we're making it easier for them to do just, that aren't we? >> we are. neil, i have experience in 70 countries in world, and i have lived in europe for more than 10 years, which is more regulated 10 years ago than america is today. this is still the freest, country on earth, where i have the most ability to make choices g
neil: they have broken that law a lot. a lot. >> and they do it under national security justification in a way, think about last couple weeks everyone says that second amendment is something we should take so seriously, and we should not allow a little bit of encroach am there because we're very protective, rightly so of that amendment. let's be as protective about feuerth amendment and realize when they are you know asking to us live according to a code of if you have nothing to fear, if...
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we couldn't find my mother-in-law. >> is she okay? >> she's okay. she feels really guilty that she put us through this which is a crazy reaction. don't feel guilty. >> did you locate your wife? >> i did. it's crazy to think she was a few blocks down. on a day that normally is nothing but positive and joyous something positive could occur. >> you ran the race. you were on your way back to the finish line area to plemeet up h a friend. >> i was. i continued to walk and picked up my water bottle and i decided to go back toward the finish to find my friend who was a couple of minutes behind me. i got within a block and then i saw an explosion of white smoke and the loudest noise i've ever heard in my life. even though i was almost a block away the concussion from that was just stunning. it's disorienting. >> did you know it was a bomb or maybe something accidentally? >> no. it was louder than a cannon or anything. after the second blast it was pretty clear. >> did anything seem suspicious. >> no. >> they weren't even letting a pregnant person through. i
we couldn't find my mother-in-law. >> is she okay? >> she's okay. she feels really guilty that she put us through this which is a crazy reaction. don't feel guilty. >> did you locate your wife? >> i did. it's crazy to think she was a few blocks down. on a day that normally is nothing but positive and joyous something positive could occur. >> you ran the race. you were on your way back to the finish line area to plemeet up h a friend. >> i was. i continued to...